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2026 Golden Globes Awards Predictions

January 10, 2026
By:
Hunter Friesen

Awards Update: Shortlists, Longlists, and Medium Odds

December 18, 2025
By:
Hunter Friesen
Hunter Friesen

Last Updated: 12/18/2025       Next Update: 01/19/2026

1
One Battle After Another
2
Hamnet
3
Sinners
4
Frankenstein
5
Marty Supreme
6
Sentimental Value
7
It Was Just an Accident
8
The Secret Agent
9
Bugonia
10
Train Dreams

Best Picture

1
Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
2
Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident)
3
Chloé Zhao (Hamnet)
4
Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
5
Guillermo del Toro (Frankenstein)

Best Director

1
It Was Just an Accident
2
Sinners
3
Sentimental Value
4
Marty Supreme
5
The Secret Agent

Best Original Screenplay

1
One Battle After Another
2
Hamnet
3
Frankenstein
4
Train Dreams
5
Bugonia

Best Adapted Screenplay

1
Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)
2
Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)
3
Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)
4
Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent)
5
Joel Edgerton (Train Dreams)

Best Lead Actor

1
Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)
2
Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value)
3
Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I'd Kick You)
4
Emme Stone (Bugonia)
5
Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another)

Best Lead Actress

1
Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value)
2
Benicio del Toro (One Battle After Another)
3
Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)
4
Paul Mescal (Hamnet)
5
Adam Sandler (Jay Kelly)

Best Supporting Actor

1
Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)
2
Ariana Grande (Wicked: For Good)
3
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value)
4
Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value)
5
Amy Madigan (Weapons)

Best Supporting Actress

1
One Battle After Another
2
Sinners
3
Marty Supreme
4
Hamnet
5
Sentimental Value

Best Casting

1
Sinners
2
One Battle After Another
3
Frankenstein
4
Hamnet
5
Train Dreams

Best Cinematography

1
One Battle After Another
2
Sinners
3
Hamnet
4
Frankenstein
5
Marty Supreme

Best Original Score

1
I Lied to You (Sinners)
2
Golden (KPop Demon Hunters)
3
Dear Me (Diane Warren: Relentless)
4
Train Dreams (Train Dreams)
5
The Girl in the Bubble (Wicked: For Good)

Best Original Song

1
One Battle After Another
2
Sinners
3
Marty Supreme
4
F1: The Movie
5
Hamnet

Best Film Editing

1
F1: The Movie
2
Sinners
3
One Battle After Another
4
Wicked: For Good
5
Avatar: Fire and Ash

Best Sound

1
Frankenstein
2
Wicked: For Good
3
Marty Supreme
4
Hamnet
5
Sinners

Best Production Design

1
Frankenstein
2
Wicked: For Good
3
Hamnet
4
Sinners
5
One Battle After Another

Best Costume Design

1
Frankenstein
2
Wicked: For Good
3
Sinners
4
The Smashing Machine
5
One Battle After Another

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

1
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2
F1: The Movie
3
Superman
4
Frankenstein
5
Wicked: For Good

Best Visual Effects

1
KPop Demon Hunters
2
Zootopia 2
3
Arco
4
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
5
Elio

Best Animated Feature

1
It Was Just an Accident (France)
2
Sentimental Value (Norway)
3
The Secret Agent (Brazil)
4
Sirât (Spain)
5
No Other Choice (South Korea)

Best International Feature

1
The Perfect Neighbor
2
2000 Meters to Andriivka
3
The Alabama Solution
4
My Undesirable Friends: Part I - Last Air in Moscow
5
Cover-Up

Best Documentary Feature

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